Warm-up: Write a few sentences analyzing the rhetorical strategies used in the second argument “for” proposition 203. Discuss the strategies you identified with your group; then we will discuss as a class. Wed. 10/29 & Thurs. 10/30

Quiz- “Self-Reliance”

“Society and Solitude” Emerson’s essay- reciprocal reading with a partner Discussion questions to follow “Society and Solitude”

What structural device does Emerson employ to begin the essay, and how does he move into his main idea? Question 1

What comparisons and examples does he use to develop and support his claims? Question 2

What aspects of transcendentalism and self-reliance are reflected in the essay? Question 3

What is Emerson’s main claim What is Emerson’s main claim? Is the claim implicitly or explicitly stated? Question 4

Question 5- Time to write Listen to discussion on solitude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiSg _00gVm0 Write a one-page response to the ideas presented about solitude today. How do these ideas apply to your own life? How can we apply these ideas to our reading of Into the Wild? Question 5- Time to write

Read background on HDT: Go to https://www. walden Read background on HDT: Go to https://www.walden.org/Thoreau - read the following: "about" , then click on "More about Thoreau" then on the following pages: • Thoreau, the Man / • Thoreau as a Writer / • Thoreau's Writings / • Civil Disobedience / • Walden, The Place Homework

“Civil Disobedience” Discuss influences- McCandless, Ghandi, King http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Disobed ience_(Thoreau) Read Part 1 & SOAPSTRA: Do not forget you MUST have textual evidence for TONE, CLAIMS, & STRATEGIES/DEVICES. HW: find a modern day example of civil disobedience “Civil Disobedience”